Legal Opinion
Baltimore Steam Packet Co. v. Ciudad De Maracaibo
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided July 2, 1956No. 3695PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMSEN, Chief Judge.
The City of Norfolk, a bay boat carrying passengers and freight, south bound from Baltimore to Norfolk, collided with the Ciudad De Maracaibo, a Venezuelan freighter, north bound for Baltimore, in the Craighill Channel of the Chesapeake Bay on October 5, 1954, at 8:10 or 8:11 p. m. Each ship charges-the other with fault.
The Craighill Channel, 2.8 miles long and 600 feet wide, runs almost due north and south near the western shore of the Bay, between the mouths of the Patapsco and Magothy Rivers. The northern limit of the Craighill Channel is marked by two buoys, 13 C on…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- The Victory & the PlymothianSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- The UmbriaSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- The Ludvig HolbergSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Alexandre v. MacHanSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Compania Anonima Venezolana De Navegacion v. Baltimore Steam Packet Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1957
- Compania Anonima Venezolana De Navegacion v. Baltimore Steam Packet CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1957
- Smoot Sand & Gravel Corp. v. Baltimore Steam Packet Co.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1957